The Diary of Anne Frank
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Newly Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis
Production Dates: May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 & June 1, 2, 2012
Please note the performances are only on Thursday and Friday evenings for Memorial Weekend.
Featuring: Becky Klein, Aryn Colonero , Jim Ansart, Demetra Tseckares, David Warnock, Teri Muller, Jonathan Acorn, Kendall Hodder, Patrick Cleary, Kerry Anne Kilkelly, Paul Smith and Derek Clark
Seventy years ago this July, in an effort to escape the Nazi’s, Otto Frank led his family up the stairs to the attic that was to be their home for almost two years. The Quannapowitt Players dedicate these performances in remembrance of all those who lost their lives to the Holocaust.
The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of the daily existence for a young girl and seven others hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. Through their fear, hope, laughter and grief, over two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death.” Through this powerful adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne’s words are reborn for a new generation.
QP Announce 2012-13 Season!
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS a comedy by Joe DiPietro
Directed by John Pease
AUDITIONS June 24th & 25th 2012
Production dates SEPTEMBER 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21 & 22 2012
A nice single Italian-American guy travels from New York City to Hoboken every Sunday to see both sets grandparents for dinner. This routine has gone on for twenty nine years. But one Sunday he has to tell them that he’s been offered a great new executive job in Seattle, Washington and will be leaving NYC. This good news does not sit so well with the grandparents. Their children have retired to Florida. His sister has moved to San Diego and so they have not seen their only great grandchild. They feel their family has abandoned them. So they scheme to keep him close by inviting a lovely single girl to dinner one Sunday. Come see if the grandparent’s plan works out in this very funny and touching comedy!
PLAZA SUITE one of Neil Simon’s best comedies
Directed by Joe Stallone
AUDITIONS August 22nd and 23rd 2012
Production dates OCTOBER 26, 27 NOVEMBER 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 2012
There’s a lot going on in Suite 719 at New York City’s swank Plaza Hotel in this classic Neil Simon comedy. We are treated to three comedies played out in the same suite by three couples in very different situations, each taking a look, and a poke at marriage, morals, and middle-age. It is a hilarious and shrewd situation comedy with witty, sassy and acerbic exchanges and snappy one-liners. In his inimitable way, Simon intertwines the comedy with the pathos and distress that is true to life. Audiences are enjoying the revival on Broadway today as much as they did when it originally opened on Broadway in 1968, winning the Tony for Best Play. Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite remains in the hearts of all theatre goers. Make your reservations soon to join in the fun!
FUNRAISER Suburban Holidays NEW PLAY FESTIVAL by New England Playwrights
Directed by Patrick Cleary and Donna Corbett
AUDITIONS September 23rd & 24th 2012
Production dates DECEMBER 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16 2012
Seen The Nutcracker too many times? Can you recite the speeches by every ghost in A Christmas Carol by heart? It’s time for some new holiday traditions! Join us at QP for new plays that explore the holiday themes of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza with a unique perspective – all written by New England Playwrights. Suburban Holidays New Play Festival is exciting new idea for QP. Playwrights have to submit their scripts by July 31st 2012 for consideration. We promise the four submissions that are chosen will entertain and captivate you for the holidays! Each of the one act plays will be performed over two-weekends on an alternating schedule so everyone can find time in their busy holiday schedule to see all four!
SCOTLAND ROAD a great mystery by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Ron Wackowski
AUDITIONS December 9th & 10th 2012
Production dates MARCH 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 2013
A beautiful young woman in early twentieth-century clothing is found floating on an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic. She says only one word: Titanic. There is a mysterious young man whose goal is to prove she is a fake and reveal her true identity. His one clue is her references to an unknown place called “Scotland Road.” In a stark white room, assisted by a skeptical doctor, he plays a cat-and-mouse game with her. As time runs out, he brings in last living survivor of the disaster, an elder woman who has lived in seclusion for 75 years. By the play’s end, one of the characters is dead and the relationship between the woman and mysterious man is revealed.
DUCK HUNTER SHOOTS ANGEL a comedy by Mitch Albom
Directed by Kristen Hughes
AUDITIONS March 3RD AND 4TH 2012
Production dates APRIL 26, 27 AND MAY 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 2013
An uproarious story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck but they think they shot an angel! As they lament their fate in the local swamp, they are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and his reluctant photographer who don’t believe any of it—until they discover feathers, wings and a tiara. It is a story with a half-man/half-alligator, sibling rivalry, a tawdry media boss, a Gasmart cashier and a ghost. As the chase to find the angel builds so does the hilarity! This eventually heartwarming play interweaves love, loss, riffs on cultural stereotypes and race relations and builds to a surprising ending that few playgoers see coming! The play premiered 2004 at the Purple Rose Theater, in Chelsea, Michigan, a theater started by actor Jeff Daniels.
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